Just been accepted a 1bedroom flat after 3 months of bidding, and a just under a year of living on my own. Ah so pleased : ) And its not in tower blocks !
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Just been accepted a 1bedroom flat after 3 months of bidding, and a just under a year of living on my own. Ah so pleased : ) And its not in tower blocks !
My first flat was in a tower block and it was bloody annoying, I was on the 11th floor and the elevator never worked, walking those stairs when pissed was a nightmare, many of times i just fell asleep half way up.
It's much better now, living just above a shop with only 1 flight of stairs to walk up but well done :).
you have to bid to get a council house these days?
Not with cash, its a bidding register (like points)
That is great news. I hope you will settle in really well in your new home. :)
grats :)
have a good life
You must be from Reading because i have to do the same crap, But hey i just went a private rented in the end
sounds gd hope ya like it
Oh congrats ;D
I moved out at the start of the year with a couple of mates and my girlfriend into a small house, its kind of a shock at first living so independently but i love it.
Gosh, it dosent work on a points, it works on Bands A B C D, depeding on your criterai for example, a person in Band A will be either Cirvearly Disabled, Living in life threating conditions, Pregant, And a perosn in Band D for example would be a 16 Yo child who has Just decided they dont want to live at home anymore, but they have a place to stay. The person rings the hotline and use the ID and bids on a house, most houses get an average of about 30 bids a day, the council review the person files etc, the consider how long they have been looking there condtions etc to decied who gets the house. Simple, dont ask me how i know i done work experince with my local housing team.
Must be different where you live because it's points here, the more points you have the bigger place you can get, if you have a kid you get to skip ahead the queue, the longer you go without getting a flat or whatever the more points you get and the better the house they'll give you.